Nation: BLACK POWER IN VIET NAM

ONLY two years ago, the U.S. military seemed to represent the most
integrated institution in American society. In many ways it still does.
But the armed services, made up of so many conscripts and "volunteers"
escaping conscription, are mirrors that reflect and sometimes
exaggerate the divisions of the entire society. While traditional
military discipline remains an overwhelming control, the combination of
domestic turbulence, an unpopular war and the new spirit of black
militancy has produced ugly incidents in which American fighting men
turned upon one another.